Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
DOI
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Abstract
There was a massive outbreak of watery diarrhoea in kids aged 5 to 15 days in a goat herd in Gönen district of Isparta province in Turkey in May 2003. The presence of Cryptosporidium parvum was investigated in the faeces of 130 diarrhoeic kids and 3 dead kids in this herd. All of the faecal samples were also examined for rotavirus and coronavirus. C. parvum were detected in all of the faecal specimens. Coronavirus and rotavirus were not detected in any of the animals.
Keywords
Goat, diarrhoea, Cyptosporidium parvum, rotavirus, coronavirus
First Page
1317
Last Page
1320
Recommended Citation
SEVİNÇ, FERDA; ŞİMŞEK, ATİLLA; and USLU, UĞUR (2005) "Massive Cryptosporidium parvum Infection Associated with an Outbreak of Diarrhoea in Neonatal Goat Kids," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 29: No. 6, Article 16. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol29/iss6/16
